CfP: Sexualities - Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics

Recent scholarship has challenged stereotypes about the role of post-Soviet Muslim republics in international politics. These works emphasize how states like Azerbaijan and the five post-Soviet Central Asian republics are more than just an arena in which regional actors such as Russia, China, Iran, and Türkiye, or more distant actors like the United States or the European Union, vie for influence. These works stress how these states actively shape regional dynamics through local norms and strategic engagement (Cooley 2012, Dadabaev 2021, Schatz 2021). Some studies reveal how a variety of actors in these post-Soviet Muslim republics leverage global legal and financial institutions to reinforce and challenge authoritarian governance at home (Cooley and Heathershaw 2017); others examine how China’s initiatives in the region recalibrate power balances—offering local actors leverage against Russian influence while seeking to avoid new dependencies (Petersen and Pantucci, 2022; Jardine and Lemon 2025). Collectively, this research challenges long-standing stereotypes of isolation, positioning states in these regions as agents in an increasingly multi-polar world; with local elites and other actors (including civil society, activists, and cultural producers) emerging in this new scholarship as adept managers of the tensions between domestic politics and the demands of larger powers.

Despite the emerging focus on Central Asia and the Caucasus as a cornerstone to geopolitical shifts and, separately, a growing scholarship on the politics of gender and sexuality, only recently have scholars have considered the relationship between the geopolitical shifts in these regions and their impact on the politics and norms of gender and sexuality (Shevtsova, 2023; Luciani, 2023; Dall’Agnola and Wilkinson, 2025; Namazov, 2024). To advance this research agenda and as part of the AHRC-DFG project “Transitions: Examining Changing Regimes of Sexuality in Post-Soviet Muslim Republics,” we are organizing a Special Issue in Sexualities to develop this agenda further. 

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CfP: "Rap und Geschlecht II" in der HipHop Studies-Buchreihe

Der Sammelband „Rap & Geschlecht II", in der HipHop Studies-Buchreihe von Beltz Juventa wird voraussichtlich im Herbst/Winter 2027 von Heidi Süß und Penelope Braune herausgegeben. Es soll sich darin unter anderem den folgenden Fragen gewidmet werden: Wie verändern sich Geschlechterverhältnisse im deutschsprachigen Rap? Welche neuen Formen von Weiblichkeit, Männlichkeit und queeren Geschlechtlichkeiten werden hervorgebracht und ausgehandelt? Welche Rolle spielen feministische und queere Positionierungen, Sisterhood, Selbstermächtigung und neue Formen kollektiver Organisation? Wie beeinflussen digitale Plattformen die Sichtbarkeit und Rezeption geschlechtlicher Inszenierungen? Und welche Macht- und Ausschlussverhältnisse bestehen trotz aller Veränderungen fort? Mit „Rap & Geschlecht II“ soll an den 2021 erschienenen Sammelband „Rap & Geschlecht. Inszenierungen von Geschlecht in Deutschlands beliebtester Musikkultur“ angeknüpft werden und aktuelle Entwicklungen, Kontinuitäten und Widersprüche kritisch beleuchtet werden. Es werden Beiträge gesucht, die sich aus inter- und transdisziplinären Perspektiven mit Geschlechterkonstruktionen, -verhältnissen und -performances im Rap auseinandersetzen. Besonders willkommen sind auch Perspektiven aus bislang weniger berücksichtigten Forschungsfeldern wie der Altersforschung, den Disability Studies, Affect Studies oder Science and Technology Studies. Abstracts im Umfang von max. 2 Seiten können bis zum 15. Dezember 2026 an rapundgeschlecht2[at]gmail.com gesendet werden.

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CfP: Special Issue in Gender, Work & Organization

Issue “Gendered Practices at Work: (Un)intended Consequences Across Organizations and Markets”

This call for submissions to the special issue in Gender, Gender, Work & Organization—a leading platform for amplifying diverse voices and reshaping intellectual spaces—seeks to explore how gendered practices are used or misused, and what consequences they have within organizations and markets. Conceptual, empirical, and methodological papers that address (but are not limited to) the following themes are welcomed:Does the (mis)use of gendered practices in organizations and industries affect various occupations? How do women and men employees navigate gendered practices in women-dominated versus men-dominated industries? Are there differences across these industries? Which specific gendered practices do women and which ones do men (mis)use, and what consequences do these have for organizational culture? How are current discourses shaping gendered practices? Do these gendered practices influence organizational outcomes, outputs, or impacts? How does the production, reproduction, and construction of gender affect business outcomes? Are the effects the same or different within and outside organisations? Ibarra (1993) explained that organizational contexts pose unique challenges for women and minorities when it comes to creating their personal networks. Based on these arguments, how do gendered practices influence women's networks? What are the consequences of women's programs on their networks, and what are the outcomes of these programs for women and men, as well as for organizations? Who are the actors actively constructing, resisting and shaping gendered practices at the different levels? What conditions enable and which ones inhibit production, change, and use of gendered practices? Additionally, how does the portrayal of women and men in business—through media representations and policies—affect leadership stereotypes? What roles do masculine and feminine voices play concerning gendered practices? Could individuals influence and confront gendered practices? Furthermore, how do women with intersectional identities or social experiences—such as LGBTQIA++ individuals or female migrants—create, build, or construct new gendered practices? In what ways do these practices influence organizations, industries, and markets? How are gendered practices shaped within women- and men-dominated industries?

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